Advanced Dental Admission Test (ADAT)

In documented cases of severe financial hardship, a limited number of partial fee waivers are available to ADAT examinees each calendar year (January - December). The partial fee waiver covers 50% of the ADAT fee. The partial fee waiver does not apply to any charges associated with rescheduling/canceling a test date or score reporting after the time of initial application. Partial fee waivers are granted on a first-come, first-served basis to eligible examinees who have submitted the required documents. An examinee is eligible to request a partial fee waiver if each of the following criteria are met: 

• First-time examinee
• Has not previously received a partial fee waiver
• U.S. citizen or resident alien
• Has demonstrated financial hardship
• Received financial aid from their school

You can request a fee waiver by singing in to your DENTPIN 

Once you have signed in select ‘Submit Request’ and then ‘Waiver Request.’

You will be prompted to select the test for which you are requesting a waiver. Select ‘ADAT.’

The ADAT Program will review all partial fee waiver requests and make the final approval/denial decision. After the partial fee waiver request is reviewed, you will receive an email notification of the decision and instructions for submitting an ADAT application online. Please allow up to 10 business days for review of all partial fee waiver requests.

Yes. Fairness in testing is of vital importance, and is in fact fundamental to an examination’s validity. Fairness considerations are embedded throughout the ADAT program, affecting every aspect of how this examination is constructed, administered, scored, and reported.  The Fairness document provided below shares additional details of interest:

Policies and Procedures Supporting Fairness (PDF)